Bill of Rights vs. Declaration of Independence vs. Declaration of Sentiments

The Bill of Rights
1. Includes a list of basic protected rights
2. Ratified on September 25, 1789
3. Written by:
  1. James Madison
4. It was influenced by George Mason's Virginia Declaration of Rights
The Declaration of Independence
1. It was written to declare independence from England
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2. Stated a list of greivances about the King of England
3. Written by:
  1. Thomas Jefferson
  2. Benjamin Franklin
  3. Roger Sherman
  4. John Adams
  5. Robert R. Livingston
4. Signed on July 4, 1776
The Bill of Rights was created to make sure that the United States would not infringe on the rights of the people like England did. The grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence helped to lay the foundation for the content of the Bill of Rights
Declaration of Sentiments
1. Grievances
  1. Women can't vote
  2. The divorce laws make it hard for women to divorce men
  3. In the eyes of the law women are civilly dead
2. Modeled after the Declaration of Independence

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	Created by Parker Jones over 7 years ago